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Nope, It's Soap: Negative, It's A Cleaning Product

Posted 12.04.2006 by SamDamnit (1191)
When I first saw Nope, It's Soap! advertised on the Internets, I figured I had to finagle a free sample. So I wrote to them and told them I was a reporter doing a story on them, and asked them for some product to inspect. I was pleasantly surprised to receive some very realistic-looking poop in the mail. It even smelled pretty good -- like cappuccino, to be specific. (Mary Mary insists that it smells a little like poop, but I think that is because she assumed it was such when she found it sitting on the rim of our sink.)

Having received the pro-dook-t, I figured I should go ahead and actually do the story. I learned from doing an earlier story about the poop-scooping business that it is best to give the entre-poo-neurs some voice in the story -- in this case, Seattle-based Randy Parten and Jacqueline Hanberg, who hand-roll the poop soap themselves. As a rule, people in the poop business have a great sense of humor. I am never disappointed when I read their answers to my queries.



PoopReport: How did you decide to start making poop?

Nope, It's Soap: It was an "accident." Jackie was making girly lavender soap for holiday gifts (like girls do). Randy thought of a way to make it weird (like boys do) and proposed soap that looked like doodie. Jackie, being scatologically-minded, got to work on the perfect poo recipe; and Nope, It's Soap! was born.


Where do you make your poop? Do you make poop in your house?

We used to make poop in our house; the odor produced from making our poop is wonderful. When demand became too great, we had to ask other people to come to our house and make poop with us; but eventually we simply couldn't make enough poop in our house and had to move production to a dedicated facility.


How much poop do you make at a time?

We used to make only a few piles at a time, but now many of us get together and make hundreds of piles in a sitting.


How do people react when you tell them that you have a business that revolves around making poop?

1. Abrupt silence.
2. Moderate-to-uncontrollable laughter.
3. Questions like these.


Do any particular reactions stand out in your memory?

Nope, It's Soap was born just before Christmas. For its debut, we put a pile on the floor at Randy's parents' house. His sister assumed it belonged to her dog and VERY discreetly picked it up and tried to throw it away. We had to stop her at the trashcan. Watching her wrestle with her cognitive dissonance as we explained to her that the poo in her hand was actually soap made us realize that we had to share our poo with the world.


When you were kids, did you like making mud pies?

Favorite artistic instruments as children (in order of relevance):
1. Mud
2. Play-Doh
3. Silly Putty
4. Slime


Have you ever accidentally washed your hands with real poop?

No. But if we had, we wouldn't tell you. To avoid this likely possibility, we recommend against combining real dogs, Nope, It's Soap, and large amounts of alcohol.


Considering the suggestions that you give for Nope, It's Soap usage (washing a potty-mouthed child's mouth out; wedding gift; great for the tub; etc.), I suspect that there is a lot of poop humor around your house hold. Please give some examples.

We merely supply the vehicle and the impetus for such puns. However, one of our "pile-formers" recently suggested that showing up for "doodie" every day puts him at risk for "Crappal Tunnel Syndrome."


Have you ever been stopped at the airport for attempting to take your poop on the plane?

We try not to have doodie on us when we board a plane.


What other names for your poop soap were considered before you settled on "Nope, It's Soap?"

"Yes, it is Not Dog Doo" and "This is Soap That Looks Like Dog Poop,"


Do you have any advice for aspiring entre-poo-neurs?

Not really -- we're pretty private about our "business."


Are there more bath and body poop products in the works? A liqui-poop dispenser, perhaps? Sham-poo would be nice. How about poop soap with corn-shaped loofah bits?

Those are good ideas. We've got some of our own that will debut in mid-April. New incarnations will be available at nopeitssoap.com.


I know what you are all thinking: "SamDamnit already used the "reporter" scam to get a free sample. So how do I get mine?"

Fear not, fellow PoopReporters. If you purchase a pile of poop soap, take a picture of it in a creative manner (like in front of a landmark) and send it to Randy and Jackie, they'll send you a second batch for free.

Lame comment! -1 point
C Everett Poop (591) -- 12.04.2006

I'm glad the product tested wasn't double ended vibrating Kong Dongs. We might never have heard from Sammy again.

Thunderbox (775) -- 12.04.2006

I bet it`s only a short psychological step from soaping up with "Nope...it`s Soap" to smearing yourself with your own turds in the shower. A product only for those who are strong-willed.

Great comment! +2 points
GottaGoGirl (2615) -- 12.04.2006

OR! A therapeutic product to assist people who ALREADY smear themselves with poop... to stop!

A poop methadone.

DungDaddy (1369) -- 12.04.2006

GGG, your post made me accidentally bonk my head on the front edge of my desk.

A scat-freak methadone.

healthy 1 (1422) -- 12.04.2006

GGG, I love your comment. Maybee the scat people will use this to kick the habit of smearing with the real thing. Then again, some people may be encouraged to go to the next step, and use the real thing.
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SamDamnit (1191) -- 12.04.2006

Evelyn, did you notice that I quoted your hero, in my story?
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The Thunderous ... (656) -- 12.04.2006

excellent consider an order placed!

Nine Inch Log (344) -- 12.04.2006

I want it I want it I want it. I'm giving this and a copy of the JOAP out for christmas to everyone I know.

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SamDamnit (1191) -- 12.04.2006

I gave a sample to our esteemed host: Dave.
I am curious as to what use he put it to, if any. I can only assume that he has a glass enclosed display case of poop objets de arte. It is probably like something out of a president's library of gifts given by various dignitaries.
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Poo on Acid=X (not verified) -- 12.04.2006

I'm simply commenting because Sam said that he would spiral into the depths of writer's block if I didn't. But spiraling into the depths seems like a good metaphor for flushing out some ideas. I like the nope its soap article. I like the free-soap-"reporter"-scam and the interview. I'm still a little confused if its real, I mean the interview, because if it is then it's technically not a scam. Anyway I think a good topic for your next article would be Asian toilets, oh, but then you might have to go to Asia, but then you could poo high above the Pacific Ocean. In Asia, they eat stinky tofu which smells like poo, kinda of like nope its soap looks like poo, but isn't.

Dave (11547) -- 12.04.2006

I didn't do anything with it. I have a whole collection of crazy things I've amassed over the years I've been running PoopReport -- promotional poop-spray cans from the movie Envy, buckets of Sphincterine, obscure zines and self-published books, giant Poop For Peace posters, cow-chip t-shirts, and God knows what else. The Nope, It's Soap you gave me has been added to the collection. Maybe some day I'll open a museum.

SamDamnit (1191) -- 12.04.2006

I think a museum would be the best idea. If you have "buckets of sphincterine", you should send me a sample or ten. I promise to use them in pursuit of more poop stories.
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SamDamnit (1191) -- 12.04.2006

"Poo on Acid=X" is my friend that was mentioned in my ground breaking "ZEN POOP" story. He has a knack for stream of conciousness writing.
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Fecal Follies (167) -- 12.04.2006

I should send Dave one of thos poop-resembling key rings I've been noodling around with...


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The Big Wiper (2240) -- 12.05.2006

What an idea for a stocking stuffer! Can you imagine the reaction on Christmas morning for the unwary? Uh...who let the dog out...er...in?

daphne (3369) -- 12.05.2006

I make candles all the time because soy wax (which is all I use) supports farmers in the US and not big oil (which, amazingly, is where much of the petroleum wax comes from in regular candles), and it doesn't create soot. It's almost soot free, and as a home owner, that's important.

When I get online to buy more wax, I'm always inclined to buy stuff for soap, also. Many of the molds, dyes, frangrances are similar. This all has me wondering how they've done it. A mold? Really, truly, hand-molding?

Wow.

Now, I wonder.....can I make a poop candle?

Super article, Sam. Really.


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SamDamnit (1191) -- 12.05.2006

Thanks, Daphne.
I want a poop candle. Mary Mary has been wanting to get in to making soy candles. With that thought in mind, I will offer her more encouragement.
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Raggedmama (31) -- 12.05.2006

Unfortunately the link doesn't give you the ingredients in the soap - I wonder whether it's suitable for making soap suppositories out of. That would be amusing - pushing a "piece of shit" up someone's ass in order to make them do a bigger shit.

Great comment!
Samn Damnit's Mom (not verified) -- 12.05.2006

Samdamnit grew up in a household that thrived on fake dog poop, plastic throw-up and icecubes with flies inside. I knew he was headed for a great career as a Poop reporter.

SamDamnit (1191) -- 12.05.2006

Thank's mom. I was wondering if you had read the story.
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the log of hazzard (184) -- 12.06.2006

Nope, it's soap + Girls at my school = happy me ;)

I'm so evil!!

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SamDamnit (1191) -- 12.07.2006

The great thing about it, Loggy, is that if you get caught you can always say "Hey! It's just soap. I thought girls liked scented soaps!"
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werewolf poopin... (101) -- 12.18.2006

Wow, what a great product! Reminds me of a Christmas decoration we bought one year. It was a bag of four glittery fake snowball things with the following poem attached:
"You've been bad, so here's the scoop
All you get for Christmas is Snowman Poop!"

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...and they all lived crappily ever after!

SamDamnit (1191) -- 01.02.2007

That sounds cool, Werewolf. I would like to get some snowman poop.
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Miss Simone Scat (570) -- 08.23.2007

Sam, Fantasstic reporting!!!!!
werewolf, I want some snowman poop too.
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